Richard Wallis on the theory of tides, 1666
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Author: Wallis, John
Title: An Essay of Dr. John Wallis, exhibiting his Hypothesis about the Flux and Reflux of the Sea, taken from the Consideration of the Common Center of Gravity of the Earth and Moon...
Place Published: London
Publisher:Royal Society of London
Date Published: August 6, 1666
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Author: Wallis, John
Title: An Essay of Dr. John Wallis, exhibiting his Hypothesis about the Flux and Reflux of the Sea, taken from the Consideration of the Common Center of Gravity of the Earth and Moon...
Place Published: London
Publisher:Royal Society of London
Date Published: August 6, 1666
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In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Single issue. Vol. I, No. 16. Pp. 283-294. (4to) 21.1x16.2 cm (8ยผx6ยฝ"), disbound.
The noted mathematician turns his prodigious talents to the consideration of the tides. The article takes up all but the last 5+ pages, on which are printed "Animadversions of Dr. Wallis, upon Mr. Hobs's (sic) late book, De Principiis & Rationinatione Geometrarum."
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Richard Wallis on the theory of tides, 1666
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